Evaluation in public health, 5.0 Credits
About the course
The course is an introduction to methods for evaluation of public health programmes. The course combines concepts and experience from different disciplines in order to facilitate a comprehensive perspective: measures of exposure levels, of positive and adverse health effects caused by the intervention, and of the distribution of health and other effects in the population.
After completion of the course the student should be able to: explain the content of the different health evaluation approaches discussed in the course; explain advantages and drawbacks with the different methods and discuss which method that would be preferable in a given situation; review public health evaluations that have been done inn health care and discuss strengths and weaknesses in those evluations; independently make a written plan for a health evaluation of specific evaluation in public health.
Teaching on the course is concentrated to two weeks during the course periode. Teaching is conducted through lectures and grooup exercises. There are also seminars where students present and discuss their evaluation plans. These seminars are compulsory. Teaching is given in English.
Level of Education: Advanced
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Epidemiology and Global Health
